> That was the source of all my frustration with that marathon I was whining > about a few days back. It was cake to fix once I got a rescue CD to do its > thing, but it wouldn't boot from a CD. I did check the mobo before I > bought
The problem, incidentally, is with post-udev kernels that are built to require an initrd. Some mysterious thing changed, requiring /dev/hda and friends to be mknodded differently inside the initrd. Solution (only tested for Debian, obviously, but I mention it because you also run Debian) is to boot with a rescue CD, mount up the install, and then reinstall the kernel package(s). The install scripts will build a new initrd inside the correct hardware environment, and the resulting kernel will boot next time. I also ran into a really dumb problem with this. I tried booting my old Fervent kernel, and it got stuck on some bit about needing to check /dev/hdb8. Apparently fsck has changed behavior so it doesn't show you a progress thingie. I had no idea it was just fscking a 290 GB partition, and actually doing something. Damn. I just realized I could have booted that kernel and saved the money on the stupid CD drive. Hindsight sucks. Oh well. Now I have a DVD-RW that I have no conceivable use for, other than booting rescue CDs. I guess I could watch movies on my computer now, but why would I want to do that? Maybe if I had a laptop, that might be interesting, but I don't, and don't have the money to spend on one, and would never be able to use it without a real keyboard anyway. OK, I'll STFU now. I'm outright babbling now. -- D. Michael 'Silvan' McIntyre ---- Silvan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Linux fanatic, and certified Geek; registered Linux user #243621 Author of Rosegarden Companion http://rosegarden.sourceforge.net/tutorial/ Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ Rosegarden-devel mailing list Rosegarden-devel@lists.sourceforge.net - use the link below to unsubscribe https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/rosegarden-devel
